![]() The Fire Drill Song (tune: “Farmer in the Dell”) The music and the practice will help create solid understanding for what to do. Sing and walk through a mock drill together. Use this fire drill song to review the steps for fire drills. Role play both appropriate and inappropriate behaviors during fire drills. Practicing the procedures before the alarm sounds helps children concentrate on what to do without all the commotion and sound in regular fire drills. Use the pictures in the Fire Drill Song Printable or in the Fire Drill Visual Routine. Review and practice the steps that happen when the fire alarm sounds. They learned that the sound was to keep them safe. They learned to walk past that loud sound to leave the building – even if they didn’t like it. (We called the fire department first so they knew we were having a drill.) The children knew exactly what the alarm sounded like and how loud it really was. ![]() (If possible, listen to the actual sound during a fire drill.) In my first center, we used the actual fire alarm for our drills. Talk about the loud sound that the fire alarm makes. Each month or so discuss the need for fire drills (to stay safe in an emergency) and the procedure for fire drills. Kids need to know what to expect and what will happen in a fire drill/evacuation. (And it can be fun to make a fire alarm sound, too.) This song (and the printable pictures that go with it) can help remind your children of fire drill procedures. The biggest problems in fire drills occur when children are not prepared and don’t know what to expect. ![]() Fire Safety Month is October but fire drills are important all year long. ![]()
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